THE EMERGENCE OF COSMIC STRUCTURE: Thirteenth Astrophysics Conference

The Emergence of Cosmic Structure: Thirteenth Astrophysics Conference

Stephen S. Holt, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA, USA ; Christopher S. Reynolds, University of Maryland, Department of Astronomy, College Park, MD, USA

Conference Location and Date: College Park, MD, 7-9 October 2002

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published May 2003; ISBN 0-7354-0128-4, One Volume, Print; 390 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $150.00

Readership: Academic scholars, teachers and researchers in astrophysics; graduate students in astrophysics; undergraduate students particularly interested in astrophysics.

This conference brought together experts on the manner in which structure emerged from chaos in the early universe. Theoreticians and experimentalists discussed how current and future data can shed light on the manner in which structural constraints were introduced into the early universe and how clues to those constraints can be obtained from the cosmic microwave background, the emergence of the first stars, and the development of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Almost two dozen invited speakers presented reviews of the their areas of expertise. Topics include: The Nature of Dark Matter; The Intergalactic and Intracluster Medium; The Origins of Structure; High-Redshift Structure; Low-Redshift Structure; Future Prospects; Structure in the Cosmic Microwave Background; The First Stars, Reionization, and Induced Structure.

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